Videos
Jo’s Toes
Created By: Hugh Conacher
Choreography: Jolene Bailie
Produced by: Raise the Barre Film Inc.
Director: Jeff McKay
A Short Voyage
Director: Hugh Conacher
A Short Voyage is an abstract story inspired by a solitary oak, the prairie sunset and the choreography of Marie-Josée Chartier.
Mentorship New Creation Projects
Altered Aspects
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2014
A highly physical and technically challenging trio for one man and two women based on movement from Jolene Bailie’s 2012 work, Aspects of Alterity.
Lost
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2013
A highly physical trio with text. We lose, want, need, hang on and let go of things. Simple things, complicated things, and important things. By accident, unknowingly and on purpose. The comings and goings in everyday life all have weight.
Hearing the Time
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2013
Based on the accumulated effects of memory and time through movement. A site specific solo for a gallery setting.
Memory Forms
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2012
Based on layers of memory and how they are instilled within us and how their imprint impacts the present and future time and space.
Snow Angel
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2010
An athletic and vigorous solo that pushes the boundaries of control and restraint. An abstract creation in response to cyber bullying.
Fencing
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2009
An aggressive solo exploring a perceived need of armor.
The Heart of Wisdom
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2008
Ritualistic, spiritual and awakening, performed under a tent-like structure of fabric. Pre-Show Performance piece, performed as the audience enters the theatre.
Crowding
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2008
An aggressive and powerful trio inspired by today’s social claustrophobia and the reactions and non-reactions young adults have in response to pressure and territory.
Soliloquy
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2006
A meditative solo that uses the strength and control of the body to suspend thoughts in time. A Pre-Show Performance piece, performed as the audience enters the theatre.
Gear Shifting
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2005
A pulsating, athletic duet for pre-professional students
The Bathing Ya-Ya
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2005
A Pre-Show Performance piece, performed as the audience enters the theatre. A fun solo, performed in a claw foot bath tub full of warm water and lots of bubbles.
The Shadow Ya-Ya
Choreography: Jolene Bailie, 2004
A Pre-Show Performance piece, performed as the audience enters the theatre. Using a large screen, the dancer’s shadows are projected larger than life within the space.